Today, 1 April 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY Tuesday April 1, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Setback for 'liberators'
      476 1 Agencies as US troops kill 7 civilians at checkpoint PjHIjLAUjKjLFjHIA (Fennsyivama) US President George W Bush said yesterday that victory over Iraqi President Saddam Hussein draws nearer "day by day" but warned that the Iraqi regime or terrorist allies may yet strike the United States. "Many dangers
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      Lock icon US stocks drop
      83 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks fell for the fourth straight session yesterday, as fears of a prolonged war in Iraq and a report showing a decline in Midwest manufacturing renewed worries about the US economy. The Dow Jones industrial average finished down 153.64 points, or 1.89 per cent,
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      Lock icon Hong Kong's agony
      885 1  -  Val Chua by val@newstoday.com.sg WHEN a giant coughs, neighbours count the costs. Having positioned itself as a gateway to China, Hong Kong is suffering the cruel backlash of hosting a tourist from Guangdong who infected 12 fellow guests at a Hong Kong hotel with the deadly Severe
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Woman who visited Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Sarawak dies of Sars
      287 2 A WOMAN who had gone to Sarawak died of Sars yesterday, making it the fourth death from Sars reported in Singapore. According to one of her relatives, the woman, in her forties, had also gone to Tan Tock Seng
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      The taxi task force
      230 2 THE Comfort taxi driver who ferried Singapore's fourth index case to hospital will not have to pay taxi rental during the period he is in quarantine. He has been identified only as Mr Quek. Yesterday, Singapore's three taxi companies Comfort, Citycab, and TIBs and their respective
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      Lock icon SARS UPDATE
      340 3 SARS has claimed its fourth victim in Canada. The federal health agency said it has received reports of 98 probable or suspected Sars cases in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick. A Malaysian woman, who was quarantined and awaiting results to determine whether she was infected with
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      Rumours, herbs and online shopping
      337 3  -  Tan Hui Leng AS the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) saga rages on, some companies find themselves fighting deadly rumours while others suss out business opportunities. Isetan Singapore, for example, had to dispel a weekend rumour sent by SMS that someone at its Scotts branch,
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      SPH fires chief of its TV outfit
      533 3  -  Francis Kan I By francis@newstoday.com.sg IN an unexpected move, broadcaster SPH MediaWorks yesterday terminated the services of its chief executive officer, Mr Lee Cheok Yew, with immediate effect, citing "serious internal differences" that had emerged within the com pany. "These differences, if not
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      YESTERDAY'S DEVELOPMENTS
      168 4 US Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Syria and Iran to stop backing terrorists and meddling in the war. Mr Powell said Syria must choose between cooperation and supporting "terrorist groups" and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime. "Either way, Syria bears the responsibility for its choices and for
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      Lock icon Growing rift?
      591 4 US, UK at odds over rebuilding plans for Iraq BAGHDAD On the frontlines, American troops may be fighting shoulder to shoulder with their British comrades but decisions made in meeting rooms on the rebuilding of the occupied territories have apparently created divisions between the two allies. The problem
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Blood-soaked 'gift'
      569 6 Agencies from Palestinians to Iraqis as Powell talks of peace WASHINGTON The contrast couldn't have been more obvious. Hours before US Secretary of State Colin Powell told a a pro-Israel lobby group that achieving peace in the Middle East "may again be possible", a Palestinian suicide bomber killed
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      Lock icon First serious battle with Saddam's elite troops
      251 6 -AFP NEAR NAJAF (Iraq) US troops yesterday reported their first "serious" battle with elite Iraqi Republican Guard troops as British commandos launched a major assault on the southern port city of Basra. In the first major battle with the crack Republican Guard, officers
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      Lock icon ICA takes charge of all checkpoint security
      283 8 -Joy Frances WOULD-BE terrorists trying to enter Singapore will now have to contend with a single, more consolidated agency the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). The ICA fuses the border control functions of the Customs and Excise Department and the Singapore Immigration and
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      Lock icon Cedric Foo is new Spring Singapore boss
      91 8 Channel NewsAsia MR Lim Boon Heng stepped down as Chairman of the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board better known as Spring Singapore yesterday. Taking over is Mr Cedric Foo, Deputy Chairman of the board and Minister of State of Defence. Mr Lim, who
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      Slim 10 verdict
      443 8  -  Jose Raymond Criminal, civil charges next? by iose@newstoday.com.sg AFTER a stream of expert witnesses took the stand in a twoday hearing, the verdict on Slim 10 was sealed. The slimming drug was indeed responsible for the tragic death of Miss Selvarani Rajakrisfman (picture) after she took it
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  • LETTERS
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      The academic edge
      189 10  -  JX Murphy Those working in theoretical fields shouldn't be penalised THE views expressed in the letter, "Three-door prof" (Today, March 27), were disappointing and unfair. Academics and people working in the industry have different strengths and weaknesses. Academics working in fields like mathematical modelling, neural network and
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      The unsung heroes
      192 10  -  Vasu Menon On Sars AS WE read reports about the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), many of us worry about contracting it and hope that we and our loved ones will never cross its ugly path. As we do everything we can to contain the infectious virus,
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      Health education vital
      186 10  -  Tan Kok Siong THE Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak has left many Singaporeans confused and paranoid. Time and again, the health authorities have assured us that the dreaded disease is not airborne and can be passed on only through close contact with someone who has been
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  • Business News
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      Dividend play
      381 12  -  Chan Chao Peh SingPost plans $80m payout to boost IPO by.. chaopeh@newstoday.com. sg SINGAPORE Post, faced with limited growth potential in the domestic market, looks set to position itself as a company promising high dividend payouts in a bid to attract investors to its initial public offering (IPO).
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      Lock icon SembCorp lowers 2002 profits after write-off by Swiss unit
      190 12 Reuters SOUTHEAST Asia's largest logistics group, SembCorp Logistics Ltd (SembLog), said yesterday it was revising downwards its net profits for last year following a large write-off by its Swiss associate, Kuehne Nagel International (KNI). SembLog, 61.7 per cent owned by industrial
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      Rules eased on foreign telcos
      191 12 SINGAPORE is further liberalising its telecommunications sector, by allowing foreign companies to offer some telephone services without first having to set up a local unit to run the business. This is part of a wider push to attract more overseas operators into Singapore to boost
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    • Market Watch
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        World markets
        49 12 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI 7972.71 -307.45 -3.71 HANG SENG 8634.45 -228.91 -2.58 4LL ORDINARIES TAIWAN WTD 2848.60 4321.22 -12.60 -155.79 -0.44 -3.48 KOREA COMP 535.70 -20.63 -3.71 SET 364.55 -4.98 -1.35 JAKARTA COMP 398.00 -6.43 -1.59 PHILIPPINES COMP 1039.67 1.44 0.14 SHENZHEN B 203.07 3.00 1.50
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 USS 0.5670 UK£ 0.3588 Yen 67.2800 HK$ 4.4220 RM 2.1539 Euro 0.5202 Rupiah 5047.76 Baht 24.3129 Peso 30.3473 A$ 0.9399 Indian Rs 26.9276 Won 711.240 C$ 0.8318 Yuan 4.6931 NZ$ 1.0226 NTS 19.7015
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        Commodities
        21 12 Gold uss/oz 335.65 Silver uss/oz 4.443 Platinum uss/oi 622.20 Rubber centsAg 184 Palm oil RM/tonne 1469.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 30.16
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        Singapore
        124 12 SINGAPORE shares suffered their biggest single-day fall since Sept 11, 2001, as worries about the economic impact of the Iraq war and a pneumonia virus led investors to dump banks and blue chips. The Straits Times Index fell I 3.84 per cent, or 50.61 points, to Close at 1,267.82
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        Straits Times Index- Intra-day Chart
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        SGX most active
        62 12 By volume March 31 Chattel ed NOL Ocean Sky DataciftUSS ACCS SIA SingTel UniFood UOB Ipco Close 0.630 1.050 0.230 0.510 0.350 8.750 1.340 0.370 10.30 0.070 Change -0.030 -0.030 -0.020 -0.035 -0.025 -0.300 -0.020 -0.005 -0.700 -0.010 -4.5 -2.8 -8.0 -6.4 -6.7 -3.3 -1.5 -1.3 -6.4
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        SGX top rises
        78 12 By$ March 31 Close Change DairyFarm 900 USS 1.090 +0.040 Prima 4.660 +0.040 AVJenningsAS 1.020 +0.020 CilyAxis 0.140 +0.020 HDBn4.198M*****10k 1.070 +0.020 IIAn4.085S*****110k 1.140 +0.020 Broadway 0.105 +0.015 EngWah 0.155 +0.015 Medtecs 0.130 +0.015 SimSiangC 0.110 +0.015 By percentage March 31 BBR Close Change 0.015 +50.0 Broadway
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        81 12 seg bloomberg nformation provided by: Vlarch 31 iPH Close Change 17.800 -1.100 iPH 100 17.900 -1.100 Creative 50 10.700 -0.700 JOB 10.300 -0.700 JcitSteel 2.330 -0.550 IBS 9.200 -0.400 fenluie 14.000 -0.400 jieatEasI 9.100 -0.350 )CBC 9.450 -0.300 »IA 8.750 -0.300 By percentage March 31 ChewEH Close
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      iPark targets $177m in deals
      276 14  -  Chan Chao Peh A GOVERNMENT agency promoting IT business and charged with helping Korean companies export services and match-make overseas partners, expects to help them win contracts worth US$lOO million ($177 million) this year in the Southeast Asian region. Out of this US$lOO million, more
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      Lock icon PSA to push management revamp
      165 14 Reuters SINGAPORE'S state-owned port operator, PSA Corp, which runs the world's largest trans-shipment hub, announced a management revamp yesterday to focus on its core container handling business. The PSA also named former top Hutchison Port Holdings official Eddie Teh as group chief executive officer. PSA,
      – Reuters  -  165 words
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      Lock icon Land slump
      305 14 -AFP Property sales fall 29% to $39.54 million SINGAPORE'S property auction market posted its weakest quarter in more than a year as worries over the US-led war on Iraq kept buyers away, an industry monitor said yesterday. Properties worth $39.54 million were sold in the three months to
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      Lock icon Insurance demand up
      144 14 Reuters DEMAND for health insurance has soared in Singapore following the outbreak of the deadly pneumonia virus, Sars. But one insurance sales agency said yesterday many policies would exclude the highly-infectious illness. Applications for health insurance have jumped 130 per cent in March from February, said DollarDEX,
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      Lock icon Thistle fights BlLtakeover
      166 14 J" vf AFX LONDON Thistle Hotels PLC is courting potential bidders in an attempt to thwart a hostile takeover bid by Singapore's BIL International Ltd, sources familiar with the matter said. BIL, which owns a 46 per cent stake in the company, will submit details of its
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      Lock icon Loans squeeze
      375 18 Reuters, AFX They fall 0.2% on slack demand BANK lending in Singapore fell by 0.2 per cent in February from levels a year ago as demand from major sectors of the economy remained sluggish, data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) showed yesterday. Only housing loans held
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      170 18 Bloomberg SHARE BUYBACK: Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd, which runs more than 2,000 retail outlets across Asia, said it will pay $174 million to buy back 158 million, or about 10.3 per cent, of its shares. The Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd unit said last month that it plans
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      Lock icon Chipped futures?
      326 19 Bloomberg Electronics firms favour forwards, but SGX optimistic SINGAPORE Exchange Ltd (SGX) may struggle to generate interest in its planned semiconductor futures as key electronics companies favour customised contracts. The SGX this month delayed introducing the futures contract that lets memorychip makers and computer companies lock in prices
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon FRIENDSHIP BLOSSOMS
      67 20 Reuters photo Cherry blossoms are in full bloom along the banks of Tai Lake in Wuxi city ofjiangsu province in China. Since 1986, Japan has been sending cherry blossom trees to China as part of a cultural exchange project called "Chinajapan Friendship Cherry Garden". Every year, more than
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      Lock icon Gas for peace
      396 20 Reuters South Korea's new proposal to the North SEOUL South Korea has proposed a parallel programme to replace the failed 1994 Agreed Framework to secure a peace deal with North Korea. South Korean national security adviser Ra Jong Yil said in an interview with the Financial Times
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      Lock icon Islamic group in Australia under probe
      171 20 -AFP SYDNEY Australian authorities are investigating the activities of a group of local Islamic activists who have been trained overseas by terrorist groups, the government said yesterday. The group, reportedly seven individuals belonging to an Australian-based branch of the fundamentalist Wahabi tradition of Islam
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      Lock icon Japan minister quits, clears way for talks on 'crisis law'
      170 20 Reuters TOKYO In an apparent move by the government to clear away distractions ahead of the debate on a key legislation, the Japanese Agriculture Minister resigned yesterday over a money scandal involving his secretary. Mr Tadamori Oshima, brought into the
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      Lock icon Terror in a tobacco pouch ...
      147 20 Terror in a tobacco pouch Reuters WELLINGTON For now, smokers in New Zealand may have to smoke less as the country's two main tobacco companies halted sales of loose tobacco yesterday. The move came after a suspicious white powder was found in one packet, weeks after an anonymous threat was
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      Lock icon Did Danny get a facelift?
      133 20 Reuters LONDON A facelift row is plaguing Britain's top dog whose title may be stripped after being accused of having a secret facelift, the Times newspaper reported yesterday. Danny, the Pekingese who beat 20,000 contestants to be crowned Supreme Champion at the renowned Crufts show
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon When it's time to move on ...
      1066 21  - When it's time to move on Looi Teck Kheong Beyond the rights and wrongs of the Iraq war MUCH has been written about the rights and wrongs of the Iraq war. The problem about analysing the issues involved is that there is no right and wrong answer. It all depends
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  • WATZUP?
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      Adrien who?
      911 22  -  Yong Shu Chiang Now you know maybe IT WAS an award acceptance that anyone who saw the Oscars recently would remember and talk about for a while. In an impromptu moment, the newly-crowned Best Actor grabbed his golden statuette and, displaying his unbridled joy, grabbed the woman who
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    • BUSY COOK
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        Lotus eaters
        611 23  -  Pauline DLoh Lotus root stuffed with mung beans in classic Cantonese soup SOUPS from the Cantonese kitchen are well known for their tonic benefits. There is a Cantonese soup for almost every ailment known to man and several besides. Whether it is a meat broth tended carefully over
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        LOTUS -AN OLD VEGETABLE IN THE NEW WORLD
        173 23 LOTUS roots are an old vegetable. The lotus has been cultivated for its flowers, seeds and roots for centuries in China, where its flowering heralds the arrival of summer. The lotus is a symbol of purity, its pristine beauty setting it apart
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    • HEALTH
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        Lock icon All about adult acne
        535 24  -  Lynette Leong Clean skin, balanced diet and good rest will keep pimples away by.. news@newstoday.com.sg RESEARCH officer Jason Chong was blessed with smooth, acne-free skin until he was 28. He told Today: "I woke up one day with a very bad breakout. There were many marks
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        Lock icon Lawful not to treat gays
        147 24 AFP DENVER (Colorado) A Bill approved by the State House of Colorado will prevent healthcare workers who refuse to treat homosexuals from being disciplined by the Department of Public Health and Environment. Senate Bill 88 was passed on Thursday with a partisan vote of 34
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Jailhouse rock
        155 25 Oasis frontman's bar brawl inspires song OASIS rocker Liam Gallagher (picture) emerged from a brawl in Germany last year with more than just two broken teeth. According to The Sun, he penned a song about his experience behind bars. Together with four other band members, Gallagher was put
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        Stefanie puts family first
        105 25 LOCAL singer Stefanie Sun (picture) rushed home from Taiwan to be with her family and boyfriend recently. She did so despite advice from her record company not to travel amid fears over the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars). The Singdao Daily quoted the singer as saying:
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        Step aside, Eminem
        79 25 OSCAR-winner Adrien Brody (picture) might have a second career as a hip-hop DJ, if his acting career goes down the drain. Brody, who won Best Actor for The Pianist, is reportedly good friends with rappers P Diddy and Jay-Z, says The Sun. The actor, who moonlights as
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      1599 26 W\ 171 I >?-_-_-------------------------------------------- TV iS^- Light Years The Day Boston Public Z^&^L. J^ narma a,annel 8 7i"n ot ■'ust Another Flu Jfl A Channel 5,9pm Chapter FortY One Ji^* I The princess rescues Da Mo at the Channel News Asia, 10.33 am uuW 5 n> ir ri j in>.
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      312 27 Reuters ANaAHEIM The World Series champion Anaheim Mgels opened the 2003 Major League Baseball season yesterday with patriotic fervour, a celebration of its accomplishment and a 6-3 loss to the Texas Rangers. Michael Young, Alex Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez hit home runs to give right-handed pitcher Ismael
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      599 28 Tiger and Co blown away by great final round Golf Players Championship Love in fine form for Masters PONTE VEDRA Don't call Davis Love 111 an underachiever anymore. For one day at least, Love was anything but as he compiled one of golf's greatest final rounds, a bogeyfree
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      404 28 MINNEAPOLIS On a day when the Minnesota Timberwolves could have officially clinched their seventh consecutive playoff berth, the Dallas Mavericks reminded them of their post-season failures. Dirk Nowitzki scored 33 points, including six three-pointers, and the Mavericks shot 56 per cent and rolled to a
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      250 29 Reuters MADRID Brazil defender Roberto Carlos has denied making an assault on the referee during Saturday's friendly international against Portugal. The Real Madrid full-back was sent off in the 82nd minute of his country's 2-1 defeat after appearing to shoulder charge Israeli referee Alon Yefet in
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      547 29 AFP Ethiopian youngster could take over from the 'Emperor' AVENCHES After charging around a course set in a horse-breeding ground to win an unprecedented second double gold in the World Cross Country Championships, 20-year-old Kenenisa Bekele has the makings of a legend. The Ethiopian runner won the
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      453 29  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IT OPENED its doors in 1972. It is the only club in Singapore that boasts a beachfront. Now, there could be major changes to Changi Beach Club (CBC), unless many of its members
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      A new goal?
      497 30  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Minister Mah says 2010 target may have to be revised by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg FIVE years ago, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) unveiled the target, much to the public's disbelief. Despite pessimism from all corners, it set out to make the Goal 2010 dream qualifying for
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      116 30 New FAS Council (Apr 1, 2003 Mar 31, 2005) President: Mr Mah Bow Tan Deputy President: Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee Vice-Presidents: Lt-Gen (Ret) Ng Jui Ping, Zainuddin Nordin, R Palakrishnan, Tan Soo Nan General Secretary: John Koh Honorary Treasurer: Chan Ket Teck Members: Dr Leslie
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      Rivaldo staying
      50 30 ROME Rivaldo yesterday dismissed talk that he wants to leave AC Milan. On Sunday, an English tabloid quoted the Brazilian as saying he was keen on joining English giant Liverpool. However, Rivaldo insisted yesterday the paper made the story up and that he was perfectly settled at Milan.
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      71 30 MADRID Real Madrid will soon open football academies in Mexico and Beijing the first time it has gone out of Spain. "We made the promise and now we're close to opening the schools in China and Mexico," Real's sporting director Jorge Valdano told As newspaper yesterday. "The kids
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      63 30 RANCHO MIRAGE Patricia Meunier Lebouc won her first major after holding off world No.l Annika Sorenstam in the final round of the US$l.6 million ($2.8 million) Kraft Nabisco Championship yesterday. The Frenchwoman returned a closing one-over-par 73 to finish seven-under on 281, one ahead of Sorenstam (71) in
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      58 30 MIAMI Andre Agassi crushed Spaniard Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-3 in the final to land a record sixth Nasdaq-100 Open title yesterday. The second-seeded American took only 71 minutes to brush aside world number five Moya and win the U553.25 million ($5.7 million) hardcourt tournament, the biggest outside the
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      64 30 LONDON Manchester United will have the chance to show why it is head and shoulders above its rivals in financial terms when it reports its firsthalf results to the stock exchange today. The world's richest soccer club is expected to improve substantially on pre-tax profits of £23.5
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        558 31 And he sees possible change in England's midfield LONDON Among the golfers, dog-walkers and selected fans allowed near England's private training session deep in the sleepy Northumberland countryside yesterday was a man on a mission. Unbeknown to the English, the man was a spy
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        217 31 Reuters SLALEY England has to hold back teenage striker Wayne Rooney or risk burning out the country's brightest young footballer, says Michael Owen. Owen, who was 18 when he found fame at the 1998 World Cup, believes England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson needs to take his time
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        398 31 Reuters LONDON Losses at Chelsea almost trebled in the first six months of the financial year due to high player costs and a "moribund" transfer market, the premier league club said yesterday. Chelsea, which operates as Chelsea
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